Joshua 10:13

And the sun was at rest and the moon kept its place till the nation had given punishment to their attackers. (Is it not recorded in the book of Jashar?) So the sun kept its place in the middle of the heavens, and was waiting, and did not go down, for the space of a day.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

In Context

12It was on the day when the Lord gave up the Amorites into the hands of the children of Israel that Joshua said to the Lord, before the eyes of Israel, Sun, be at rest over Gibeon; and you, O moon, in the valley of Aijalon.

14And there was no day like that, before it or after it, when the Lord gave ear to the voice of a man; for the Lord was fighting for Israel.

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Cross References

Numbers 31:2Give the Midianites punishment for the wrong they did to the children of Israel: and after that you will go to rest with your people.

Joshua 10:14And there was no day like that, before it or after it, when the Lord gave ear to the voice of a man; for the Lord was fighting for Israel.

Judges 16:28And Samson, crying out to the Lord, said, O Lord God, do have me now in mind, and do make me strong only this once, O God, so that I may take one last payment from the Philistines for my two eyes.

2 Kings 20:10And Hezekiah said in answer, It is a simple thing for the shade to go forward; but let it go back ten degrees.

Job 9:7Who gives orders to the sun, and it does not give its light; and who keeps the stars from shining.

Psalms 74:16The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 10:8-15

The Sun and Moon Stand Still. ( b. c. 1450.) 7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour. 8 And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee. 9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night. 10 And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to… Read the whole commentary →

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